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president, to israel. you have been condemned very vociferously in america for a comment you are said to have made that you wanted israel to be wiped off the map, off the face of the earth. there have been many different interpretations of what you said. you have disputed the meaning that was then translated from the original thought. let me give you the opportunity to say exactly what you did say and say exactly what you did mean. >> translator: we have been condemned in the united states for many things, for having deposed a dictator with a revolution, for having sought freedom and free elections, for not allowing our oil and national treasure to leave our country freely, for having stood up to very dangerous terrorists in the region, for having stood up against saddam hussein who enjoyed the backing of many. we stood up against him and did not allow the occupation of our territory. we have been condemned for a great many things. because we said justice for all. the rule of law for all. the right of peac
president, to israel. you have been condemned very vociferously in america for a comment you are said to have made that you wanted israel to be wiped off the map, off the face of the earth. there have been many different interpretations of what you said. you have disputed the meaning that was then translated from the original thought. let me give you the opportunity to say exactly what you did say and say exactly what you did mean. >> translator: we have been condemned in the united...
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and israel. we wanted to take a closer look at where that relationship stands and what the candidates are saying about it. wolf blitzer goes in depth. >> one country was singled out by both candidates in their convention speeches. >> president obama has thrown allies like israel under the bus. >> our commitment to israel's security must not waiver. >> president obama came to office determined to make middle east peace a central tenet of his foreign policy, even if it meant exerting what some of his advisers described as tough love on israel. he took a harder line on israeli settlements in palestinian territory. >> in my conversations with prime minister netanyahu, i was very clear about the need to stop settlements, to make sure that we are stopping the building of outposts. >> reporter: that angered many israelis, especially prime minister benjamin netanyahu. and early trips to turkey and egypt with high profile addresses to the arab and muslim world without a stop in israel further exacerbated
and israel. we wanted to take a closer look at where that relationship stands and what the candidates are saying about it. wolf blitzer goes in depth. >> one country was singled out by both candidates in their convention speeches. >> president obama has thrown allies like israel under the bus. >> our commitment to israel's security must not waiver. >> president obama came to office determined to make middle east peace a central tenet of his foreign policy, even if it...
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soldier takes his position for a training exercise and israel, look at this. would bears paw at a snack of afternoon fruits and vegetables. >>> makers of the all american cookie the oreo are giving it the flavor of candy corn. jeanne moos gives as you taste test. >> reporter: what do you get when you combine america's most famous cookie with its most loved and hated candy? you get this mutant love child of deliciousness. the limited edition candy corn owe yo. about a third of the folks we tested without telling were able to place the test. >> i got it the corn. candy corn. >> i will give them props for matching the flavor. but i don't like candy corn. >> once a year, love it. for about three hands full. then i'm done. >> reporter: just in time for halloween, nabisco is selling the candy corn oreo at target stores. naturally candy corn has been at target for hateers. >> all of the candy corn that was ever made was made in 1911. >> reporter: lewis black calls it the worst thing about halloween. when we gave the cookie to fiona. >> reminds me about all of the can
soldier takes his position for a training exercise and israel, look at this. would bears paw at a snack of afternoon fruits and vegetables. >>> makers of the all american cookie the oreo are giving it the flavor of candy corn. jeanne moos gives as you taste test. >> reporter: what do you get when you combine america's most famous cookie with its most loved and hated candy? you get this mutant love child of deliciousness. the limited edition candy corn owe yo. about a third of the...
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year defense of his dedication to the jewish state. >> our commitment to israel's security must not waver and neither must our pursuit of peace. >> for the president, it's a nuanced approach. when america's threatened, the president doesn't hesitate to act on his own. >> where he determined that we would act unilaterally, it was all about those people, those groups that threaten us. >> but in a humanitarian crisis like syria's, the president prefers company. and until he has it, he won't act. >> syria has created great outrage and terrible humanitarian anguish, but we don't have any international consensus about the way forward. >> it all adds up to what some call the obama doctrine. >> the obama doctrine is less blood, less treasure, less intervention of a lengthy kind. >> though governor romney calls him reluctant to lead. >> the administration has characterized their foreign policy as leading from behind. i call that following. >> these days his critics have more ammunition with the deaths of ambassador chris stevens and three other americans in libya. it happened on 9/11, raisin
year defense of his dedication to the jewish state. >> our commitment to israel's security must not waver and neither must our pursuit of peace. >> for the president, it's a nuanced approach. when america's threatened, the president doesn't hesitate to act on his own. >> where he determined that we would act unilaterally, it was all about those people, those groups that threaten us. >> but in a humanitarian crisis like syria's, the president prefers company. and until he...
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iran doesn't know where we stand, the voter doesn't know where we stand and israel doesn't know where we stand. that's not good. >> so prime minister netanyahu with candy crowley this afternoon saying basically iran is enriching uranium for peaceful purposes is naive. >> it denies the holocaust, promises to wipe out israel is engaged in terror throughout the world. it's like timothy mcvey walking into a shop in oklahoma city and saying, i'd like to tend my garden. i'd like it buy some fertilizer. how much do you want? oh, i don't know, 20,000 lz, y. are they ignoring this with iran and is the outcome going to make things more dangerous? >> i think you first have to look at whether the sanctions in place are working. you can say yes and that's because of leadership. iran oil is down 30% now, and that's going to a major impact on how citizens of that country will view his leadership. i don't think you can argue the diplomatic policy of his leadership. i think there definitely has to be some sort of speech given by the president reclarifying exactly what our strategy is. not necessarily
iran doesn't know where we stand, the voter doesn't know where we stand and israel doesn't know where we stand. that's not good. >> so prime minister netanyahu with candy crowley this afternoon saying basically iran is enriching uranium for peaceful purposes is naive. >> it denies the holocaust, promises to wipe out israel is engaged in terror throughout the world. it's like timothy mcvey walking into a shop in oklahoma city and saying, i'd like to tend my garden. i'd like it buy...
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do you think that when you are at that point between iran and israel? >> i don't think we're at that point. i think the diplomacy so far has been a few meetings, but they tend to be sort of three and out meetings. they show up on tuesday and talk on wednesday and leave on thursday. i don't think we've seen a sign that the iranians are really serious about it, but more, we have a lot of cards on the table, so i don't think the diplomacy has really gone too far. i think the problem is that if we go in this kind of slow way, i think we're allowing the iranians to, you know, use up time as they develop their capabilities, so i think it's very important to quicken the diplomatic pace, but i think it's also very important to be very closely talking to these allies and these potential combatants because i don't think we could walk away from this. i don't think anyone thinks that a nuclear iran is an acceptable outcome, so i think if it comes to military force, we need to make sure that this is something where we have allies, and i think the idea that israel co
do you think that when you are at that point between iran and israel? >> i don't think we're at that point. i think the diplomacy so far has been a few meetings, but they tend to be sort of three and out meetings. they show up on tuesday and talk on wednesday and leave on thursday. i don't think we've seen a sign that the iranians are really serious about it, but more, we have a lot of cards on the table, so i don't think the diplomacy has really gone too far. i think the problem is that...
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it's because israel cherishes life that israel cherishes peace and seeks peace. we seek to preserve our historic ties and our historic peace treaties with egypt and jordan. we seek to forge a durable peace with the palestinian. president abbas just spoke here. i say to him and i say to you we won't solve our conflict with libalist speeches at the u.n. weot solve it with unilateral declarations of statehood. we have to sit together, negotiate together and reac a demiritad palestinian hich a state recognizee one d only jish ste. israel wants to see a middle east of the three great religions that sprang forth from our region, judaism, christianity and islam, co-exist in peace and in mutual respect. yet the medieval forces of radical islam whom you just saw storming the american embassies throughout the middle east, while they oppose this, they seek supremacy overall muslims. they're bent on world conquest. they want to destroy israel, europe, america. they want to extinguish freedom. they want to end the modern world. now, militant islam has many branches. from the
it's because israel cherishes life that israel cherishes peace and seeks peace. we seek to preserve our historic ties and our historic peace treaties with egypt and jordan. we seek to forge a durable peace with the palestinian. president abbas just spoke here. i say to him and i say to you we won't solve our conflict with libalist speeches at the u.n. weot solve it with unilateral declarations of statehood. we have to sit together, negotiate together and reac a demiritad palestinian hich a...
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so hostile to israel. he sees israels an a little colonial power sitting on muslim land. >> that's complete nonsense. of course he doesn't. >> well, you're just asserting things, piers. look, you come from great britain which was a colonizing country -- >> wait a minute, with respect, you are the one asserting things. you also said he detests britain which is also complete nonsense. absolutely nothing about barack obama's behavior since he came to power has been anything other than totally respectful of britain, often going out of his way to be respectful to britain. where do you get the fact he detests my country? >> let's start with something simple. obama moves the winston churchill bust out of the white house, one of his first acts as president. that's not something bill clint would do -- >> come off it. you're basing the fact he moved a bust out of an office, which he's perfectly entitled to do. busts come and go in those offices, right? you're basing that as a reason why he deests great britain. >> p
so hostile to israel. he sees israels an a little colonial power sitting on muslim land. >> that's complete nonsense. of course he doesn't. >> well, you're just asserting things, piers. look, you come from great britain which was a colonizing country -- >> wait a minute, with respect, you are the one asserting things. you also said he detests britain which is also complete nonsense. absolutely nothing about barack obama's behavior since he came to power has been anything other...
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we've got some agreements with respect to the overall relationship with israel. where egypt playing a signifant role and if they're not willing to continue that, that would suggest we're entering a new era, and one in which the united states really needs to reconsider the amount of money we're pumping into that country. >> so, you think if it becomes more transactional, this discussion about foreign aid. military aid and forp aid about $3 billion a year to egypt. that should be on the table? >> of course it should on the table. any of the aid money, whether it's military or non military, needs to be based upon certain milestones and accomplishments we're able to make within the bilateral relationship. >> hogan diddley served for rick santorum's presidential campaign. national communications director. doug wilson was the former assistant secretary of defense in the obama administration and dealt with the arab spring. john avalon is with "newsweek" and "the daily beast." great to see all of you. doug, just asking you this key question. who's getting it right here?
we've got some agreements with respect to the overall relationship with israel. where egypt playing a signifant role and if they're not willing to continue that, that would suggest we're entering a new era, and one in which the united states really needs to reconsider the amount of money we're pumping into that country. >> so, you think if it becomes more transactional, this discussion about foreign aid. military aid and forp aid about $3 billion a year to egypt. that should be on the...
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and israel, and this will, amongst many other things, in a very pro-israel community in florida, which there is, highlight president obama's excellent record. >> yet, we do see post-debate that there was some falling off inside florida when you look inside the poll numbers with hispanic vote. that, many of the, there was -- it was -- we didn't see it so much rushing towards obama as falling away from the president. >> you know, the rhetoric on immigration is beginning to come around to -- people want a solution. >> how so? >> people want a solution of immigration. the only candidate who said he is going to find a bipartisan solution is mitt romney. it's like nixon -- >> the president said that about immigration reform. it's like nixon going to china. chooirn. the only party that can get immigration reform permanently done in the united states is romney's party, and he said he would. now, president obama has had four years. he has broken all his promises to hispanics. how do you trust a person to do what he hasn't done in four years. >> the most extreme position that governor romney too
and israel, and this will, amongst many other things, in a very pro-israel community in florida, which there is, highlight president obama's excellent record. >> yet, we do see post-debate that there was some falling off inside florida when you look inside the poll numbers with hispanic vote. that, many of the, there was -- it was -- we didn't see it so much rushing towards obama as falling away from the president. >> you know, the rhetoric on immigration is beginning to come around...
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assistance, financial aid, second to israel? >> that was a very firm and welcome shot across the bow for president morsi. he's new in his job. we have to work out our relationship a bit more, but he needs to know that the united states is not going to sit around and watch its embassies burn. and that his very limp initial statements were -- they angered the president, rightly so. so it was the right thing to do. and morsi changed his tune after that. >> egyptian president morsi is in a tough place, isn't he? everyone is in agreement revaling his allegiance to the muslim brotherhood, to the u.s., and to all egyptians. how does he do that? is he finding it difficult? >> sure -- >> way to go here. >> it's a very difficult thing for him to do. he's got to thread the needle, so to speak, but he hit the right tone in his subsequent statement, which essentially said, we have an obligation to our guests. we're not people that go around killing people. basically, he said that, yes, of course, we're upset about the film. but it's not the
assistance, financial aid, second to israel? >> that was a very firm and welcome shot across the bow for president morsi. he's new in his job. we have to work out our relationship a bit more, but he needs to know that the united states is not going to sit around and watch its embassies burn. and that his very limp initial statements were -- they angered the president, rightly so. so it was the right thing to do. and morsi changed his tune after that. >> egyptian president morsi is...
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just think what would happen if they decided to march into the sinai against israel. u.n. buffer forces are more essential. it's going to require egyptians to are far more vigilant but what's happening in sinai, not only because of these terrorist activities because they may realize they may have opened the pandora's box by giving them their mega phones back in cairo. >> how do you think president obama is handling this crisis? >> i think he's trying to do the best he can under the circumstances. clearly there's the domestic political equation side, the president has to deal with the failing expectations that muslims have of him. part of the problem here since his trip to cairo in 2009 when he gave this incredibly well received speech in which so many muslims were holding on to the hope that he would deliver a better region to them, between the failure to forge a peace between israel and the palestinians, wolf, and the disappointment over his support for regimes and dictators like mubarak, even though he didn't really do that, there are misperceptions that have crept back
just think what would happen if they decided to march into the sinai against israel. u.n. buffer forces are more essential. it's going to require egyptians to are far more vigilant but what's happening in sinai, not only because of these terrorist activities because they may realize they may have opened the pandora's box by giving them their mega phones back in cairo. >> how do you think president obama is handling this crisis? >> i think he's trying to do the best he can under the...
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but life in israel is far from normal. here again, fred pleitgen. >> reporter: don, there was a lot going on. we woke up this morning and the first thing we saw outside our hotel window is a rocket hitting downtown. it wasn't exactly the same way since then. we went to the scene of the first airstrike. there was another air alarm while we were there. he had to take cover. and it continued exactly that way. now the israeli government says there were at least 120 rockets fired out of gaza into this area in israel throughout the day. of course, one of the things that israelies have here is the iron dome defense system. it was in action the entire time. you could hear it fire off rockets, see it fire off rockets. there was one instance where we took cover from a possible rocket strike and we could see it intercept seven or eight rocket at once. only about 200 yrds above our heads. now of course, all of this is taking a heavy toll on the population that lives in this area here. especially 23 the people here are concerned. they
but life in israel is far from normal. here again, fred pleitgen. >> reporter: don, there was a lot going on. we woke up this morning and the first thing we saw outside our hotel window is a rocket hitting downtown. it wasn't exactly the same way since then. we went to the scene of the first airstrike. there was another air alarm while we were there. he had to take cover. and it continued exactly that way. now the israeli government says there were at least 120 rockets fired out of gaza...
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threat to israel. that is iran. we saw famously benjamin netanyahu, the prime minister of israel before the u.n. with that diagram talking about the redline. what was peres's definition of that red line? is it the same as the united states? >> it's really interesting because all the talk about iran and it being the most dangerous threat to the world has -- we've heard very, very little about iran from the leaders here in israel, but we did ask president peres what he thought about if israel decided to strike iran because here in this country there has been a lot of argument and some investigative stories that have come out that show that mr. netanyahu was at odds with his military commanders as to whether or not they could have a strike on raurn done only by israel without the help of the united states and have that be a successful one. here is what the president had to say about it. >> i think that, first of all, we have we have all we have to do without any strike at home, and we have to add the time
threat to israel. that is iran. we saw famously benjamin netanyahu, the prime minister of israel before the u.n. with that diagram talking about the redline. what was peres's definition of that red line? is it the same as the united states? >> it's really interesting because all the talk about iran and it being the most dangerous threat to the world has -- we've heard very, very little about iran from the leaders here in israel, but we did ask president peres what he thought about if...
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ambassador to israel. welcome. >> thank you, carol. >> the united nations chief is asking ahmadinejad to tone things down when he saks before the united nations. we're used to ahmadinejad's bluster. do you think he can really incite more ill will? >> oh, yes. he's quite capable of that. that's his forte. d, of course, he threatens to destroy israel on a regular basis. i'm not sure whether he'll do it again this time. but it's typical of him that he -- he in that piers morgan interview would turn it around and claim that it's israel that's threatening to destroy iran, which, of course, is hardly the case. it's the pot calling the kettle black. but i think what's important about ahmadinejad's performance this time around, because he comes here every year and gets the attention of the media, is that he's -- he's basically finished. he doesn't have any real power in iran anymore. there'll be a new president elected in a year or so. it's become very clear that the supreme leader has basically made a decision th
ambassador to israel. welcome. >> thank you, carol. >> the united nations chief is asking ahmadinejad to tone things down when he saks before the united nations. we're used to ahmadinejad's bluster. do you think he can really incite more ill will? >> oh, yes. he's quite capable of that. that's his forte. d, of course, he threatens to destroy israel on a regular basis. i'm not sure whether he'll do it again this time. but it's typical of him that he -- he in that piers morgan...
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they've seen israel forces go into gaza. it's always been the same that several months later they have found rockets raini ining down their heads again. people don't believe it's a long term solution. it's not something where i can see a lot of optimism. people have kept their children inside for the better part of last week because they were afraid to take them out. >> thanks so much. >>> here in the states some people are giving up their traditional thanksgiving holiday to help others in new york and new jersey. they're helping areas hit hard by superstorm sandy. >> you ready to do this thing? >> these volunteers are spending the day lending a hand on staten island. volunteers are treating storm victims to a special having day deal. give me an idea what kind of turn out is expected and how grateful i'm sure people there are. >> reporter: there's a sense of emptiness. here is a bit of hope. this is one of the thanksgiving day meals that was prepared within two groups. the liquid church group got together to help the folks i
they've seen israel forces go into gaza. it's always been the same that several months later they have found rockets raini ining down their heads again. people don't believe it's a long term solution. it's not something where i can see a lot of optimism. people have kept their children inside for the better part of last week because they were afraid to take them out. >> thanks so much. >>> here in the states some people are giving up their traditional thanksgiving holiday to help...
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israel. we are on both sides of the border in the line of fire. our sara sidner is in gaza city. let's go to southern israel where israeli tanks are on the move. the israeli defense forces say at least 30,000 troops are being mobilized along the border with gaza and thousands more are getting their marching orders. as we said, cnn's frederick is live along the border. you have been on the front lines there. what type of military activity are you seeing? >> hi, randi. a lot of military activity going on here between the border area between gaza and israel. we just had armored vehicles come through here and moving in closer to the border. of course, a lot of people believe that israelis must launch a ground offensive into gaza quite soon and we are seeing a lot of troops really near the border of our area and the israelis have also called in tens of thousands of reservists and reporting for duty right now. when you go along the border area you see units that are hiding behind tree lines and the
israel. we are on both sides of the border in the line of fire. our sara sidner is in gaza city. let's go to southern israel where israeli tanks are on the move. the israeli defense forces say at least 30,000 troops are being mobilized along the border with gaza and thousands more are getting their marching orders. as we said, cnn's frederick is live along the border. you have been on the front lines there. what type of military activity are you seeing? >> hi, randi. a lot of military...
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year defense of his dedication to the jewish state. >> our commitment to israel's security must not waver and neither must our pursuit of peace. >> for the president, it's a nuanced approach. when america's threatened, the president doesn't hesitate to act on his own. >> where he determined that we would act unilaterally, it was all about those people, those groups, that threaten us. >> but in a humanitarian crisis like syria's, the president prefers company. and until he has it, he won't act. >> syria has created great outrage and terrible humanitarian anguish but we don't have any international consensus about the way forward. >> it all adds up to what some call the obama doctrine. >> the obama doctrine is less blood, less treasure, less intervention of a lengthy kind. >> though governor romney calls him reluctant to lead. >> the administration has characterized their foreign policy as leading from behind. i call that following. >> these days, his critics have more ammunition with the deaths of ambassador chris stevens and three other americans in libya. it happened on 9/11, raisi
year defense of his dedication to the jewish state. >> our commitment to israel's security must not waver and neither must our pursuit of peace. >> for the president, it's a nuanced approach. when america's threatened, the president doesn't hesitate to act on his own. >> where he determined that we would act unilaterally, it was all about those people, those groups, that threaten us. >> but in a humanitarian crisis like syria's, the president prefers company. and until...
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>> don, our platform was adopted on tuesday and is strongly for pro israel. 100% pro israel. more hard line on preventing iran from preventing a nuclear weapon. the united states is committed and the president is committed to using all elements of instrumentation to prevent iran from achieving a nuclear weapon. the platform on that subject said all options are on the table. we had a strong pro israel platform. we wanted to make sure and president obama wanted to make sure that the platform reflected his view about jerusalem and that's my personal view as well and the platform had an omission and in fact when we went through the platform -- >> isn't that language in the platform before? >> it was language on jerusalem in the platform and that reflected president obama's personal view. when he realized it was omitted, he insisted it be reinserted. >> if you don't do the platform from 2008 and side by side and no one looked and said wait a minute, come on. don't you think people appreciate candor more than anything? >> yes and i don't appreciate u suggesting i am being less than
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in israel, there's a very lively public debate. there needs to be much more public debate here about whether or not the risks of bombing another muslim country and bombing iran, sponsor of terrorism around the world, is worth the costs of what it would impose. >> let me move just because we've got a little time, to afanistan. richard, what do you make of this -- what seems to me quite unusual and increasing insider attacks where you have these afghan troops who were trying to train -- the whole theory was we're going to hand afghanistan over to them. attacking in a way we seem to be flummoxed by. >> this renews my instinct that we need to reach the residual force sooner rather than later. i'll be honest, i think virtually no matter what we invest in afghanistan, soon after that ends we're not going to have a lot to show for it. this is going to be sand castles on the beach. the waves are going to come, wash it away. this is going to be seen as a very expensive, very ill-conceived war of choice. and it turns out to have been in some
in israel, there's a very lively public debate. there needs to be much more public debate here about whether or not the risks of bombing another muslim country and bombing iran, sponsor of terrorism around the world, is worth the costs of what it would impose. >> let me move just because we've got a little time, to afanistan. richard, what do you make of this -- what seems to me quite unusual and increasing insider attacks where you have these afghan troops who were trying to train -- the...
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into israel. that was something they really wanted. and of course israel does not want to see hamas resupplied through the tunnel network. that is still to be worked out. i asked him whether or not he got weapons and whether hamas was getting weapons from iran, and he gave me a non-confirmation confirmation. it's an open secret that they come through those tunnels. so that has to be taken in hand. we're not sure how that's going to happen, but obviously there is some egyptian role in that as well. but, yes, egypt is the guarantor of this cease-fire. neither side trusts each other. and both sides are going to be able to appeal to the guarantor, egypt, the united states and other regional powers who've been helping, but the lead is egypt. and interestingly, you know, wolf, this is the first time israel's gone into an agreement with an islamist government, that is the new government of egypt. >> christiane amanpour reporting for us from cairo. thank you, christiane. we have reaction to the new cease-
into israel. that was something they really wanted. and of course israel does not want to see hamas resupplied through the tunnel network. that is still to be worked out. i asked him whether or not he got weapons and whether hamas was getting weapons from iran, and he gave me a non-confirmation confirmation. it's an open secret that they come through those tunnels. so that has to be taken in hand. we're not sure how that's going to happen, but obviously there is some egyptian role in that as...
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the president of the plin authority and israel prime minister slamming each other. israel rejects the two state solution and waging a war on ethnic cleansing of palestinians benjamin netanyahu denies. >> translator: israel refuses to end the occupation and refuseses to allow the palestinian people to obtain their rights and freedom and rejects the establishment of the estate of palestine. >> we won't solve our conflict with libellous peaches at the u.n. ly bell -- libelous speeches at the u.n. we have to sit together and compromise in which we recognize the one and only jewish state. >> remember, it's all about palestine and whether it should become a state alongside israel. throw in jerusalem and who should claim that city as their capital, you have centuries long tension. joining us is an international human rights lawyer and founder of "islamic pasi phils" in the post osama era. wow, working on anything else? takes guts to accuse a jewish guy of ethnic cleansing. >> i think what most vuers need to understand, general assembly speeches traditionally speaking when
the president of the plin authority and israel prime minister slamming each other. israel rejects the two state solution and waging a war on ethnic cleansing of palestinians benjamin netanyahu denies. >> translator: israel refuses to end the occupation and refuseses to allow the palestinian people to obtain their rights and freedom and rejects the establishment of the estate of palestine. >> we won't solve our conflict with libellous peaches at the u.n. ly bell -- libelous speeches...
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hamas refuses to recognize israel. i asked from the peculiars lo which is how much control do they have? i have a lot of sympathy from the poor people of gaza and not hamas who are blasting rockets and the main booed of 1.5 million severely oppressed people living with no hope, no jobs. nothing. what is the way to try and get a better life for them? who can bring that to them? >> i agree with allen that israel certainly has a right to self-defense. a, i would contest the idea that this is an effective way to do that. no israelis have been killed by this shower of hamas rockets which is absolutely unacceptable and deplorable and nobody had been killed until this action. >> you can't wait until it hits a school bus. you have to stop the risk when you have hundreds and hundreds of rockets. you can't wait until it hits a school. >> now israelis have died, and i also, you know, think that at the end of the day this will be an ineffective way of advancing israeli security. i do think that engaging with the palestinian author
hamas refuses to recognize israel. i asked from the peculiars lo which is how much control do they have? i have a lot of sympathy from the poor people of gaza and not hamas who are blasting rockets and the main booed of 1.5 million severely oppressed people living with no hope, no jobs. nothing. what is the way to try and get a better life for them? who can bring that to them? >> i agree with allen that israel certainly has a right to self-defense. a, i would contest the idea that this is...
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>> don, our platform which was adopted on tuesday is strongly pro-israel and 100% pro-israel. more hard line on preventing iran from achieving a nuclear weapon than the represent perform. our platform said the president is -- to prevent iran from achieving a nuclear weapon. the republican platform on that subject says all options are on the table. we already had a strong pro-israel platform. we wanted to make sure and president obama wanted to make sure the platform reflected his personal review of jerusalem being the capital of israel and remain the capital of israel and my personal view as well and the platform was amended to do that. in fact, when we went through the platform -- >> isn't that language in the platform before? >> it was the language on jerusalem was in the platform in 2008 and president -- and that reflected president obama's personal view and when he realized it had been omitted he insisted it be reinserted. in fact, there was never any process that -- >> with the platform from 2008 and now side-by-side and no one looks at that and goes, wait a minute. come
>> don, our platform which was adopted on tuesday is strongly pro-israel and 100% pro-israel. more hard line on preventing iran from achieving a nuclear weapon than the represent perform. our platform said the president is -- to prevent iran from achieving a nuclear weapon. the republican platform on that subject says all options are on the table. we already had a strong pro-israel platform. we wanted to make sure and president obama wanted to make sure the platform reflected his personal...
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what does israel want? israel wants hamas to stop firing rockets, especially the long-range rockets, at their populations. certainly there's a good exchange there. but what it's going to take is egyptians or somebody, egyptians are going to be it, providing the security and the guarantees on such an agreement. that's very hard for the egyptians to do. they don't want to be responsible for gaza. so we're going to have to provide -- somebody is going to have to provide inducement for them to do so. i think that's the broad outlines of a cease-fire. a long-term cease-fire. i think it's very doable. >> think about the implications of that. it means the good exchange he talks about is israel stops doing what's legal and that is a blockade and killing terrorists, in exchange for hamas stop doing a double war crime. that's not the way the world should operate. >> let's talk about what is in israel's benefit. what is in israel's benefit and what is the alternative shimon peres was asking about was recognizing they
what does israel want? israel wants hamas to stop firing rockets, especially the long-range rockets, at their populations. certainly there's a good exchange there. but what it's going to take is egyptians or somebody, egyptians are going to be it, providing the security and the guarantees on such an agreement. that's very hard for the egyptians to do. they don't want to be responsible for gaza. so we're going to have to provide -- somebody is going to have to provide inducement for them to do...
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israel -- no one thinks israel is about to drop a bomb on tehran. so, the difference is this is a government with a record of supporting terror and look, no one talks about this very much, but if they had a nuclear weapon, they would be too dangerous. even if you believe they would never use it. if you believe they are sane and rational and their country, their civilization would be destroyed if they dropped a bomb on someone because everyone would know it and the retaliation would be incomprehensible. even if you believe that, too bad things will happen. a lot of their neighbors will get bombs. the more of these weapons you have hanging around, the more material you have, the more it will be stolen or sold or transferred to terrorists. that brings me to the second point, which is that iran has all these extensive contacts with terrorist groups and even if the government didn't sanction it, it wouldn't be that much trouble to get girl scout cookies worth of material -- it's enough to take out 20% to 25% of washington, d.c. just that little bit. so,
israel -- no one thinks israel is about to drop a bomb on tehran. so, the difference is this is a government with a record of supporting terror and look, no one talks about this very much, but if they had a nuclear weapon, they would be too dangerous. even if you believe they would never use it. if you believe they are sane and rational and their country, their civilization would be destroyed if they dropped a bomb on someone because everyone would know it and the retaliation would be...
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rackets crash into israel. now global fears of a full-scale ground war. >>> terror at a texas parade. an 80-car train slams into a parade float full of wounded vets. now everyone wants to know why. >>> and david petraeus on the hot seat. the now ex-cia chief heads to capitol hill this morning with members of congress demanding answers. >>> good morning. welcome to "early start" everyone. happy friday. glad to see you. i'm john berman. >> nice to see you. i'm zonaida sambolin. >>> the i realsraelis pounding targets while palestinian militants continue to launch rockets into israel. israel calls up reservists in preparation for war. >> ben joins us by phone this morning. egypt's prime minister paid a visit to gaza. somehow that going so far? >> well, it was originally planned it would be a three-hour cease fire while the egyptian prime minister was making this visit to gaza. according to our sources, it doesn't appear either side significantly reduced their level of military activity in gaza. certainly before the
rackets crash into israel. now global fears of a full-scale ground war. >>> terror at a texas parade. an 80-car train slams into a parade float full of wounded vets. now everyone wants to know why. >>> and david petraeus on the hot seat. the now ex-cia chief heads to capitol hill this morning with members of congress demanding answers. >>> good morning. welcome to "early start" everyone. happy friday. glad to see you. i'm john berman. >> nice to see...
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in israel the country's military has shut down an unmanned drone over the desert. in a statement, he said israel views the flyover very severely and it's considering a response. it's not clear where the drone originated from. it was not carried any weapons or explosives. >>> it's election day in venezuela and polls are now open. world leaders will now be watching this one. president hugo chavez is seeking a fourth term there. >>> a north korean soldier has done what very few others have been able to. he defected to the south and told authorities when he got there, he had just killed his superior. cnn's paula hancocks has details. >> reporter: it's not unknown but certainly rare for someone to escape through the dmz. it is described as the most heavily fortified border on earth and yet a north korean soldier was able to walk across it on saturday. the joint chiefs of staff described to reporters how he managed it. >> translator: a north korean soldier has lef our army has raised its military alert in the ya but there's been no extra ordinary moves. >> he was then ab
in israel the country's military has shut down an unmanned drone over the desert. in a statement, he said israel views the flyover very severely and it's considering a response. it's not clear where the drone originated from. it was not carried any weapons or explosives. >>> it's election day in venezuela and polls are now open. world leaders will now be watching this one. president hugo chavez is seeking a fourth term there. >>> a north korean soldier has done what very few...
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>> i do believe it was a mistake for israel to take him out. i think that the core objectives that were stated by israel for taking him out will not be met by his death. i think, in fact, it will lead to the proliferation of extremist groups, and less control, actually, over rocket attacks and increased violence against israel. >> people are constaptly surprised. there were people in hamas jails for firing rockets at israelis. not for the after firing rockets, but for firing rockets at the wrong time, and jabri is a leader -- a key figure in hamas driving the palestinian fatah faction out of gaza. then -- >> he completely changed the hamas military structure. not only in terms of defeating fatah in gaza, but after the hamas takeover turning this rag tag force turning at a minimum an organized militia if not an actual army. >> organizing them into companies, battalions, brigades, and according to analysts and one israeli official, he worked closely with iran to coordinate training and the shipment of weapons to hamas, including longer range miss
>> i do believe it was a mistake for israel to take him out. i think that the core objectives that were stated by israel for taking him out will not be met by his death. i think, in fact, it will lead to the proliferation of extremist groups, and less control, actually, over rocket attacks and increased violence against israel. >> people are constaptly surprised. there were people in hamas jails for firing rockets at israelis. not for the after firing rockets, but for firing rockets...
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it's occurring in israel too. we heard earlier rockets landed in ashkelon, a city near israel. in the past three days at least three people have been killed in israel. we're cooping an eye on everything that's come in. and video is pouring in. once we have more information, we'll bring it back to you. but that's it for now, victor. >> well, i want to put back up this live picture that we've been seeing. this is from reuters, and this is gaza city. and, of course, as we see things live, we're going to bring those to you. nick valencia monitoring and bringing things to you. thanks for that. >>> could this whole thing be a political game? aisle e ask one of the world ice leading experts on the conflict. >>> and president obama woke up in thailand this morning. what's on the agenda for his historic trip to asia. ♪ [ gordon ] for some this line is a convenience. how you doing today? i'm good thanks. how are you? i'm good. [ gordon ] but for others, it's all they can afford. every day nearly nine million older americans don't have enough to eat. anything else? no, not today. join m
it's occurring in israel too. we heard earlier rockets landed in ashkelon, a city near israel. in the past three days at least three people have been killed in israel. we're cooping an eye on everything that's come in. and video is pouring in. once we have more information, we'll bring it back to you. but that's it for now, victor. >> well, i want to put back up this live picture that we've been seeing. this is from reuters, and this is gaza city. and, of course, as we see things live,...
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there's a lot of worry that iran -- israel could preemptively strike against iran. so he's saying, listen, you might want to tone it down. but i think that he's going to go in the opposite direction. this is his last time at the u.n. general assembly, i think he's going to go for broke. >> i like you said bullying pulpit there. >> we're going to talk with michele flournoy, the co-chair of the obama campaign's national security committee. she's coming up in just a few minutes. >>> iran and its president have been insisting all along they are not pursuing a nuclear weapon. but, bill clinton, he's not buying it for a second. he's calling on international inspectors to verify ahmadinejad's claim that tehran's nuclear program is for peaceful purposes. the former president not mincing words at all with cnn's piers morgan. >> what they're really saying is, in spite of the fact that we deny the holocaust, that we threatened israel, and we demonize the united states and we do all this stuff, we want you to trust us. >> do you trust ahmadinejad? >> not on this i don't. >> pre
there's a lot of worry that iran -- israel could preemptively strike against iran. so he's saying, listen, you might want to tone it down. but i think that he's going to go in the opposite direction. this is his last time at the u.n. general assembly, i think he's going to go for broke. >> i like you said bullying pulpit there. >> we're going to talk with michele flournoy, the co-chair of the obama campaign's national security committee. she's coming up in just a few minutes....
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israel, afghanistan, egypt, are the largest recipients. money goes to everything from peace, security, and government issues to health and economic initiatives. the united states is the world's largest donor of foreign aid. given as -- giving as much as $50 billion every single year. a programming note for you tomorrow on "state of the union," israeli prime minister binyamin netanyahu talks about escalating tensions with iran and strength of the u.s./israeli relationship. exclusive interview with nancy pelosi. that's on reque"state of the un tomorrow. make sure you watch that. >>> public breast-feeding battles have been waged for years now. for decades really. but one feeding that just happened has raised quite a few eyebrows. >>> breast-feeding 101. it is not a class offered at many universities. when one proposer began breast-feeding her child during class it did more than stray from the syllabus. cnn's lisa sylvester reports. >> reporter: the single mom normally leaves her daughter lee at a washington daycare while at work. but on the f
israel, afghanistan, egypt, are the largest recipients. money goes to everything from peace, security, and government issues to health and economic initiatives. the united states is the world's largest donor of foreign aid. given as -- giving as much as $50 billion every single year. a programming note for you tomorrow on "state of the union," israeli prime minister binyamin netanyahu talks about escalating tensions with iran and strength of the u.s./israeli relationship. exclusive...
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in israel you have election coming up in january. the palestinian, both factions hamas and fata are talking about some sort of coalition. so i think you're going to see some movement obviously at any point the extremists particularly those that are actually to the -- more radical than hamas could seek to destabilize the situation. >> you brought up fata. they've been called powerless, impotent a lot during the conflict over the last ten days or so and criticized by members of hamas and some islamists in the region. on cnn yesterday there was a member of hamas talking about the palestinian authority. let's listen. >> i think people feel now that the only way which can push to give concessions is the resistance. because spent 20 years in negotiation but get nothing from this. >> does the palestinian authority have any power anymore to negotiate? or are they just an empty suit? >> no. they do have -- they do have power, but again, they don't have the popular support in gaza that's necessary to enforce or bring any large scale deal along
in israel you have election coming up in january. the palestinian, both factions hamas and fata are talking about some sort of coalition. so i think you're going to see some movement obviously at any point the extremists particularly those that are actually to the -- more radical than hamas could seek to destabilize the situation. >> you brought up fata. they've been called powerless, impotent a lot during the conflict over the last ten days or so and criticized by members of hamas and...
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at least three killed in israel. hundreds of rockets finding their way from gaza into israel. this is an ongoing situation, and the war between -- the warring situation between israel and palestinian militants is definitely taking its toll. we're keeping an eye on it, vick orror. >> nick valencia covering the international desk for us. >>> we're going from the middle east to the far east now, and that's where president obama spoke about the middle east. just a few moments ago the conflict there while holding a news conference in thailand. our white house correspondent dan lothian is in bangkok. what are we hearing from the president? we had it live. he talked more about burma and thailand and the trade there. what are we hearing his views as it relates to what's happening in israel with gaza. >> well, you know, are you so right. the main purpose of the president's trip here is to focus on this region and what this means for future expansion, for u.s. many terms of business, for military cooperation, but while advisors had been telling us about the sentiments within the white h
at least three killed in israel. hundreds of rockets finding their way from gaza into israel. this is an ongoing situation, and the war between -- the warring situation between israel and palestinian militants is definitely taking its toll. we're keeping an eye on it, vick orror. >> nick valencia covering the international desk for us. >>> we're going from the middle east to the far east now, and that's where president obama spoke about the middle east. just a few moments ago the...
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>> we have israel's back both at the u.n. but also mill tearily. i would anticipate that if i'm president, the actions of israel would not come as a surprise to me. but i would meet with prime minister netanyahu. i would speak with him, i've indicated that my first trip as president would be to israel. so what would happen there would not be something that would be a shock to me. but i can tell you this. that the crippling sanctions do have an impact. they're having an impact on iran's economy right now. they will have an impact on the public there in iran. and there's great hope and real prospects for dissuading iran from taking a path that leads into a nuclear setting. but this going to require real strength on the part of america, and it's also going to require us showing no delate between ourselves and israel. we're going to have to have iran realize they can't play one off against the other but we're both absolutely committed to a world which does not include a nuclear capable iran. >> more on my interview with mitt romney coming up. just ahea
>> we have israel's back both at the u.n. but also mill tearily. i would anticipate that if i'm president, the actions of israel would not come as a surprise to me. but i would meet with prime minister netanyahu. i would speak with him, i've indicated that my first trip as president would be to israel. so what would happen there would not be something that would be a shock to me. but i can tell you this. that the crippling sanctions do have an impact. they're having an impact on iran's...